CHUCK COOK / THE TIMES-PICAYUNEThe scene at the St. Paul's School baseball day camp after a young boy was found at the bottom of the pool. The boy was taken to St. Tammany Parish Hospital and then transferred to Children's Hospital.

A boy was rushed to Children's Hospital this afternoon after being found at the bottom of a pool while swimming with other campers at the St. Paul's School baseball camp in Covington, authorities said.

A teenage counselor dove in and pulled Chase LeFebre, who is 9- or 10-years-old, from the pool, officials said.

The boy initially was taken to St. Tammany Parish Hospital - only a few blocks from the private school's grounds - but was later taken by ambulance, accompanied by a police escort, to Children's Hospital in New Orleans.

"The good things is, he's alive, and we're hoping he will stay that way," said Covington Police Chief Richard Palmisano at that time, adding that the boy likely was still in critical condition.

After Chase was found, Covington police and fire officials rushed to the scene. Firefighters performed CPR on the boy, Palmisano said.

The boy's relatives have been notified, the chief said, and at about 2:45 p.m. parents began arriving to pick up their children.

Parents said the counselors are all St. Paul's baseball players, and Palmisano said that the counselor who rescued the boy from the pool was 15- or 16-years-old.

A letter was given to the parents stating that swimming at the pool had been suspended from camp activities due to an "unfortunate incident" at the pool.